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III. Of W. W. (Americanus).
[The clear cool note of the cuckoo which has ousted the legitimate nest-holder]
The clear cool note of the cuckoo which has ousted the legitimate nest-holder,The whistle of the railway guard despatching the train to the inevitable collision,
The maiden's monosyllabic reply to a polysyllabic proposal,
The fundamental note of the last trump, which is presumably D natural;
All of these are sounds to rejoice in, yea to let your very ribs re-echo with:
But better than all of them is the absolutely last chord of the apparently inexhaustible pianoforte player.
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